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14 Feb, 2022
The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 is the legal safeguard against child marriage in India. It retains the provision from 1978 which fixes the minimum age of marriage to 18 years ...
13 Jan, 2022
A few days ago I was at the Ambalika Sugar Factory, 26 km away from Karjat in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar district. We—my colleague Priyanka and activist Faruq Beg—were visiting these farms ...
09 Jan, 2022
आज यहां हम फ़ातिमा शेख़ की बात करेंगे क्योंकि 9 जनवरी यानी आज ही के दिन उनका जन्म हुआ था । जब सावित्रीबाई फुले और ज्योतिबा फुले को बच्चियों को पढ़ाने की वजह से सामाजिक बहिष्कार का सामना ...
31 Dec, 2021
2021 was a year of unprecedented humanitarian crises. It was also the year of unprecedented resolve and response by Oxfam India. Just when we were beginning to plan for the future, the se...
17 Dec, 2021
In 2012, the government introduced a special law on child sexual abuse—‘Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act’—which while has bridged the gap of inadequate recognition ...
17 Dec, 2021
This year the theme of the 16 days of activism has been a continuation of our last year’s campaign #EmpowermentNotAge which has been a part of our larger campaign, Bano Nayi Soch. The 1...